Implement for shocking grains.



R. J. GROVES.

IMPLEMENT FOB. SHOCKING GRAINS. APPLICATION FILED Apmza, 190s.

Patented May 18, 1909.

UNITED STATES YPATENT OFFICE.

ROY J. GROVES, OF STAFFORD, KANSAS.

MPLEMIENT FOR SHOGKING GRAINS.

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BOY J. Griovns, citizen of the United States, residing at Stailord, in the county of Staiiord and State of Kansas, have invented certain nenT and useful lmprovements in implements for Shocking Gra-ins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention provides a novel iorm of implement designed to facilitate the shocking of bound grain, such as wheat, oats, barley, corn, etc., being ol especial advantage when such grain contains briers, coclles, thistles and the like, which usually injure the hands and render the operation of shocking unpleasant and laborious.

For a full understanding ol" the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details oi construction and the means for effecting the resu to be had to the following descri companying drawi ngs.

While the invention may be adapted to diiiferent forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details Without c eparting from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is sliown in the acconipe-nying drawings, in which:

lligure l is a perspective view ot an implement embodying the invention, the dotted lines shovif'ing the manner of grasping the same in the hand when in use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the implement.

The implement comprises a shank 1 having a hook 2 at one end and a handle 3 at the opposite end, said handle being preferably oi wood or otherI suitable material and 'litted to the shank and secured thereto in any Way. The bill of the hook inclines to the shank at about an angle of iiorty-iive degrees and is straight so as to pass readily beneath tl '1 ption and acil@ binder encircling the grain or other material to be shocked. .lhe hook is pointed so as to penetrate the grain more readily. A loop el. is provided at one side ofthe shanl: and is design-ed to receive the forefinger oi the hand, as indicated most clearly by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The loop 4i may be oi' leather, textile or other suitable material. and is secured to the shank by means of a fastening 5 Which may be a bolt or rivet. The shank is flattened intermediate of its ends in the plane of Specification oi Letters atent.

Application, filed. April 28, 1908.

reference is Patented. May 18, 1909.

Serial. No. 429,682.

the hook and is transversely pierced to receive the fastening The iiattened portion comes opposite the loop 4, thereby preventing a bulliT appearance and strengthening the shank in the direction of strain, it being remembered that the part 6 is flattened in the plane of the hoolr, hence the strain upon the implement when in use is in a direction corresponding to the Width of the 'flattened portion t5. rl/Then using the implement it is grasped in the hand about as indicated in Fig. l., the toretinger being slipped through the loop 4, thereby preventing the Weight oi" the bundle engaged by the hook pulling the implement from the hand. By reason of the arrangement ot the hool, it may be readily engaged with the band of the bundle and quiclaly detached Vfrom said band When it is required to free the bundle after being placed in position in the formation oi the shock.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. in implement ior shocking grain, the same consisting of a shank having a hook at one end and a handle at the opposite end, and a ringer loop secured to a side of the shank at a point between. the hook and handle and nearer the hook.

2. An implement lor shocking grain, the same consisting oi a shank having a hool; at one end, a handle at the opposite end and having its intermediate portion nearer the hook tlattened in the plane of the hook, and a Enger loop attached to the iriattened portion of the shank.

The herein described implement l'or shocking grain, the same consisting of a shank having a hooli; at one end extending approximately at an angle of forty-tive degrees to the shank, the bill ot the hook. being straight and terminating in a point, said shank having its intermediate portion nearer the hook llattened in the plane of the hook, a handle secured to the opposite end of' the shank, and a finger loop secured to the flattened portion oi the shank.

In testimony whereof I atX my signature in presence oi' two Witnesses.

ROY J. GEOX/TES. [n s] 1ltitnesses T. W. SCOTT, F. L. HGENMAsTER.

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